Goodbye 2020!

bertsmobile1

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Decades ago we got broken into and they took just about everything ( which wasn't much ) including the B & W TV
As we were both working full time & studying part time we decided to leave the telly and get one of them new fang dangle colour ones a bit latter.
Well it was near 15 years latter when we did that and in retrospect we did not miss it .
What did happen is my co-workers kept sniggering behind my back , continually asking about me getting lucy the previous night.
My teachers kept asking how come I was getting assignments in on time & the students could not believe they were getting their homework back the following week & I was in such a good mood.

Finally the penny dropped .
Down here if you do a science degree , you have to do a compulsory single year humanities subject in years 2,3 & 4.
One of those was phyche . and during one of those sessions we were taught that the mind is most receptive to suggestion in an anxious or depressed state .
Thus the media deliberately tries to depress the viewers or make them feel anxious .
Even the comedy shows, depict people we can identify with who always seem to have better jobs, more free time, no financial problems, bigger better houses or cars & significantly better personnal relationships ..
Thus the TV rarely gets turned on and one died because the lack of use allowed corrosion to happen on the contacts .
A good friends wife, who has a PhD in vet science always uses the line "Too much TV can necrotize your cerebral tissue " when people start to discuss TV shows at work .
Or as a passenger in my taxi once said at 3am on a rainy night "why sit at home & watch some one elses perversion of life when you can go out & have one for yourself "

As for people dieing
Remember there was this thing called the post war baby boom
Well the boomers are all past their use by date so there must be a corresponding baby boomers dieing peak.
Thus we see a lot of the entertainers, educators or even celebrities of our youth dieing on a daily basis
 

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It’s a use by date, not expiration date. You’ll have to stick around awhile, because the expiration date is unknown. Sorry for the bad news.
 

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Think of it as a level. I'm almost to level 51.

It sounds a lot better. LoL
I guess i am at level 63 but don't feel a day over 70. Couple years ago i almost called the police on some old guy intruder in my house. Then i realized i was just seeing myself in a mirror.
 

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I guess i am at level 63 but don't feel a day over 70. Couple years ago i almost called the police on some old guy intruder in my house. Then i realized i was just seeing myself in a mirror.
The way law enforcement is shooting first and then asking questions later it is good that you didn't call.

A neighbor recently had the county sheriff to knock on his door in the middle of the night insisting they got a call from him. Not fun to awaken and answer the door, to only have a gun in your face while they search your home for no reason just because some two year old kid down the street dialed 911.
 

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I guess i am at level 63 but don't feel a day over 70. Couple years ago i almost called the police on some old guy intruder in my house. Then i realized i was just seeing myself in a mirror.
Should've tackled him.....
 

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The way law enforcement is shooting first and then asking questions later it is good that you didn't call.

A neighbor recently had the county sheriff to knock on his door in the middle of the night insisting they got a call from him. Not fun to awaken and answer the door, to only have a gun in your face while they search your home for no reason just because some two year old kid down the street dialed 911.
I have a good relationship with the police in my little town. I am the guy that made them and the volunteer fire dept flags
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And have told them they can park in my driveway anytime they want. They also know that probably 9 out of 10 homes have firearms in them. I am not too concerned.
 
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